While vacationing in Thailand, Detective Louise Rick gets a call that her brother, Mikkel, attempted suicide after his wife, Trine, left him. Louise rushes home to their Danish town. But the more Louise learns about Trine, the more she begins to wonder if something much darker may have taken place. As the police begin to suspect that Mikkel may have had a hand in Trine's disappearance

, Louise struggles to clear his name but is forced to confront some hard truths.

"An intense, atmospheric starting point for those who haven't yet discovered Denmark's favorite cop."—Booklist